Dr. J shares why he would have been a different kind of player if he had been transported into the modern NBA.

Julius Erving, also known as “Dr. J,” won three championships (two ABA titles with the New York Nets and one NBA title with ...

The men of the ABA taught me what it means to keep fighting for what is right no matter how tough -- and how glorious it is ...

While he will be forever Dr. J -- a high-school teammate gave him the nickname Doctor and an ABA teammate added the initial, making it Dr. J -- he was born Julius Winfield Erving Jr. on Feb. 22 ...

Julius Erving is one of the best basketball players of all time and spent 16 seaons in the NBA (and ABA). He is most known (in the NBA) for his 11-year tenure with the Philadelphia 76ers.

Unquestionably the greatest known athlete in UMass history, Julius Erving, known simply to the ... Universally lauded, Erving's personal trophy case includes two ABA Playoffs MVPs (1974, 1976), the ...

It also means he was around to watch Julius "Dr. J" Erving play at his peak ... Lonnie Shelton was 6-8 . The ABA didn’t record 90% of Doc. The Nba got off slow on keeping highlights until ...

Coming out of UMass, Julius Erving was a megastar in the ABA, leading the New York Nets to two titles, in 1974 and 76. And his legend only grew when he joined the NBA in 1976, where his style ...

12-13. Erving's 46-inch vertical soared and hammered in plenty of all-time greatest dunks during his ABA and NBA careers from 1971-87. He led the Philadelphia 76ers to a sweep of the then ...

While others played the game of basketball on the ground, Julius Erving performed above it. When he went up in the air, he stayed there for long periods of time, seemingly an irresistible force of ...